| Re: Practice Log
Hi,
I use a practice journal to this day. I find that it helps keep me organized in my practicing. It also helps to motivate me because I hate to see blank days in there, unless of course I have planned to take time off. Mostly though it's how I teach myself. I write down what I am working on, why I am working on it, and how long I have worked on it that day. I also take notes on how I am trying to fix things. Are the things I'm trying working or not. If they aren't working, why? If they are working, why? I also write what kind of stories I'm trying to tell with the music I am playing. Basically it helps me stay involved and in touch with my playing and performing.
Best,
Andrew
ps. This is what it would look like on a day like today.
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Release Air!!! (these are general reminders that I write every
Balance!!! day. They change every few weeks.)
Concentrate!!!
Relax Tounge!!!
Air Forward!!!
10:00 warm up
10:40
mp buzz* 10 minutes
lyric* 10 minutes Bb tpt
colin* 10 minutes Bb tpt (lip flexibilites)
sachs* 10 minutes Bb tpt (i think it's page 11 or 12?)
1:30 tso reh.
4:00 Brahms
8:00 practice
9:30
mp buzz* 10 minutes
stamp 3* 10 minutes Bb tpt {relax, move air fully through the slurs}
arutunian* 30 minutes {memory work, don't rush fast section. keep 16ths in time and not pushed forward. You can get excitement through clean aggressive playing without rushing. Don't get too loud in first lyric section, still have a long way to go. remember the bull fighter!} (you get the point.)
first attacks* 10 minutes C tpt {timing important. everything working together makes the best sound}
lyrical playing* 10 mintues (for endurance and transposing)
power scales* 10 minutes C tpt {don't force, keep air relaxed and forward, let lips really vibrate.} (exactly what it sounds like)
rommel* 10 minutes Bb tpt (these are some pedal exercises John Rommel gave me years ago. I think he took them from a book, but I'm not sure which one. Anyway I attibute them to him.)
*{} are used to show what I would write in the journal to myself.
*() are notes to you explaining the journal.
Let me know if that makes sense. Please feel free to ask more questions about this.
Andrew |